Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

59: Fox and the Sour Grapes

ATU > 1-299: ANIMAL TALES > 1-99: Wild Animals > 1-69: The Clever Fox (Other Animal) > 59: Fox and the Sour Grapes

Description

Pretends that the grapes he cannot reach are sour.

Examples

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Text title	ATU	Language	Author	Origin	Publication Date
Лисица и виноград	59	Russian	Иван Крылов	Russia	0
La Zorra y las Uvas	59	Spanish	Félix María Samaniego	Spain	_
Ἀλώπηξ καὶ βότρυς	59	Ancient Greek	Αἴσωπος	Greece	_
*I vos ende i besie	59	Middle Dutch	_	Netherlands	1300
Con cáo và chùm nho	59	Vietnamese	_	Vietnam	_
Лисица и виноград	59	Russian	Л.Н. Толстой	Russia	_
Le Renard et les Raisins	59	French	Jean de La Fontaine	France	0
De Vulpe et Uva	59	Latin	Phaedrus	Italy	41

External Examples

Story	ATU	Origin	Author	Year	Source
Without Title	59	Netherlands		1201	Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Signifying Monkey	59	African-American			Internet Archive